Afternoon blaze guts apartment

Monday

An apartment was nearly gutted by a fire Sunday afternoon in Central Lubbock.

The fire started about 3 p.m. in an unoccupied unit of the Pear Tree apartments in the 1800 block of 14th Street, according to the Lubbock Fire Department.

Investigators believe the fire started in the kitchen and spread to the rest of the unit when the apartment's occupants were away. No one was injured in the fire, but fire crews temporarily evacuated the complex when smoke spread through much of the building. An adjacent apartment unit received smoke damage.

The Fire Marshal's Office investigated the blaze Sunday.

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